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Two corrections officers are on the mend after a stabbing incident Wednesday afternoon. An inmate at the Baraga Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison, stabbed a guard in the neck from behind. That officer was able to react and help subdue the prisoner even after sustaining the injury. Another officer …

Now in its sixth year, the snow chapel at Saint Albert the Great on the campus of Michigan Tech has gone viral. Father Ben Hasse says he was speaking with a Twitter user who shared photos from last weekend’s service on the platform. After 4,000 retweets, the man is still …

Taps in some homes will be on for the next two months. The City of Houghton maintains a comprehensive list of service lines, those going from the road into a residence, that are prone to freezing. For customers at those homes, they will be receiving packets in the mail in …

Wednesday’s Houghton City Council meeting delved into an eclectic mix of subjects. The most pressing orders of business involved resolutions 2021-1772 through 2021-1775 which involved the paying of various bills. After those were approved unanimously, each council member was allowed to bring up items that they felt deserved discussion. City …

Yesterday afternoon, our Facebook page had photos and video from multiple crashes in Hancock and nearby Franklin Township. Whiteout conditions were wreaking havoc in Houghton as well. City Police Chief John Donnelly spoke at Wednesday night’s council meeting saying that for the first time, the storms from the past week …

Just days after a crystal meth bust in Hancock, UPSET has made another arrest, this time in Baraga County for the sale of suboxone. Following a one-month investigation in which an agent from the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team was able to make two separate purchases of the narcotic, 36-year-old …

A week of consistent snow has area residents trying to find places to put all of the white stuff. SEMCO Energy, which provides natural gas to the Copper Country, is hoping that you don’t choose right in front of your meter to dump the powder. If you see that the …

The Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance held its monthly virtual breakfast Wednesday morning, with Executive Director Jeff Ratcliffe giving a high level summary of the organization and its recent efforts. Ratcliffe discussed efforts to aid businesses in applying for COVID relief funds from the national through local levels.  Ratcliffe also delved …

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has scheduled free fishing weekend for Saturday and Sunday. That’s amore! Share the family friendly love at all state parks and boating access points without the need for a recreation passport. The deal applies on inland lakes as well as Superior. The DNR uses …

The Houghton Planning Commission is looking for a more complete overhaul of the city’s Master Plan as it begins to tackle the parking deck. The City Council decided to step back last month from that specific project after a developer backed out from the initial concept. Chairman Tom Merz said …